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A Pilot Assessment of the Fatal Landslide on 29 August 2022 in Kudayathoor, Idukki, Kerala

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The authors acknowledge the funding support from the DST-SERB and DST-NRDMS projects sanctioned in the Department of Marine Geology and Geophysics, School of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology.

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  1. Department of Marine Geology and Geophysics, School of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, 682 016, India

    K. Amal George & P. S. Sunil

  2. Department of Geology, Government College Kottayam, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, 686 013, India

    A. U. Anish

  3. Department of Climate Variability and Aquatic Ecosystems, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi, 682 508, India

    Girish Gopinath

  4. Meteorological Centre, India Meteorological Department, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Thiruvananthapuram, 695 033, India

    V. K. Mini

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George, K.A., Sunil, P.S., Anish, A.U. et al. A Pilot Assessment of the Fatal Landslide on 29 August 2022 in Kudayathoor, Idukki, Kerala. J Geol Soc India 99, 141–144 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-023-2277-1

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